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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches

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Re: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches

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Post by peterwaller »

Klathmon wrote: post #148
peterwaller wrote: post #127

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Of the centre core, these are the last few moments before it is lost from the feed. Smoke can be seen... https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=38m20s ... and then back to the presenters. As someone said to me, "That's their lying face!" :) Can't fault them for wanting to dwell on the positives though, was an amazing moment to watch. Edit: You can switch cameras on the above youtube video to the countdown net; you can clearl…

Can't fault them for sure, but it's strange for them. SpaceX tends to be very upfront with their failures, and tends to broadcast and in many cases re-upload video of their failures. Doubly so when the "failure" isn't part of the primary mission.

Agree it is strange. I love their "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster" film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ

Watching the countdown net it seemed plausible that they didn't know whether it had successfully landed either.

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Post by StillBored »

zhoujianfu wrote: post #3

There was something doubly awesome about the two falcons landing at the same time right next to each other!

Yes, that was pretty SF.

So, whats to stop them attaching an additional two (or more) to the existing rocket now that they have the basic synchronization worked out.

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Post by ranger207 »

csallen wrote: post #137

There was a strange part of the video near the end where they show the car floating through space, and suddenly a background image pops in for a second: https://imgur.com/a/ZyVqK Any idea what that was? EDIT: I think it's a replay of the capsule opening that initially contained the car, just spliced in at a weird part of the video.

The background is the inside of the fairing.

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Post by thanatropism »

I like everything about private space exploration except this: when we sent the Voyager golden record to space, we consulted with the great minds about which were the important landmarks of our civilisation.

In this model, it's all about idiosyncrasies: the Voyager record had the Vitruvian Man, this has an astronaut on a sports car and largely-irrelevant sci-fi stories.

Of course, private space probably means the whole timeline comes faster and private associations are soon launching Dostoyevski and Pollock too. Still, this payload is culturally cringeworthy, as much as the sheer engineer accomplishment must be lauded.

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Post by baus »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #121
aphextron wrote: post #15

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Can confirm this was the greatest thing I've ever witnessed in my life. https://youtu.be/AGPH_i0ZlyM?t=56

Watching both boosters come back to land in person was straight out of sci-fi. My non tech interested wife was cheering for both boosters to land safely. “What world am I in!?” Thanks SpaceX for making us excited about space again.

I watched the launch and landing from the beach. The booster recovery was pretty amazing to see

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Post by mastax »

pikchurn wrote: post #70
nicpottier wrote: post #50

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I do find that super weird. You would think one of the nearby ships would have a feed as well no?

What nearby ships?

The nearby ships with the people that weld the booster to the deck for transport.
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